The weekend before Holly left was one of the worst weekends of my life. It felt like 48 hours of …
Laura Boccaleone
Laura Boccaleone is the adoptive mum of a beautiful and extremely funny boy called Ben. Originally from Italy, she moved to the UK in the year 2000. After spending over 10 years working in the financial sector, she would have never imagined she’d become a full-time mum, and write about it on her blog. Her interests include adoption (for obvious reasons), child psychology, attachment theory, and child development. You can follow her on Twitter @lauraboccaleone and on Facebook.
I called social services and decided to give notice. It was a hard choice to make, I felt I failed …
It was only 8 days ago when we had to say goodbye to Holly, our foster daughter. It was heartbreaking …
Holly, our little foster daughter, moved out a few days ago. When I look around the house, there is no …
The social worker came to see Holly, our foster daughter, in preparation for the final hearing. She arrived at lunchtime, …
I don’t understand why my son Ben is constantly misbehaving, why my foster daughter Holly is so very angry at …
As an adoptive parent, I never realised what foster families go through. Every day. For months. For years. They open …
We had a little and sweet girl arriving at midnight carrying all she could in an overstuffed school bag and …
I lost count of the number the training I took part to during the adoption process and some more not …
Maybe it's because it will soon be Mother’s day that I keep thinking at all the mums in my life. …